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Halloween at the Glenwood

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!

Barn-Postcard

Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

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A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Silver King Headframe

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Park City Museum

Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.

Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.

Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Jacob A. Riis, “I Scrubs” – Little Katie from the West 52nd Street Industrial School, 1891-1892; reproduction on modern gelatin printing out paper, original 4 x 5 inches; From the Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, 90.13.4.132.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Museum-Art

PCHS Band, 1950

Book card in the Park City Library

Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II was developed by the National Museum of American History and adapted for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The national tour received federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Terasaki Family Foundation, and C. L. Ehn & Ginger Lew.

In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.

Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Raffle

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors — PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County

Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.

2018-Ornament

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Postcard, “Entrance to Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y.” c. 1914. 4 x 6 in. Published by the American Art Publishing Co., New York. Private Collection.

Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!

The National Archives Experience

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit — Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Test your flexibility!

Make your own sock-puppet.

PCHS Band, 1950

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Silver-to-Snow

View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.

Raffle

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

NEH on the Road

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Test your flexibility!

John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.

December 28, 2011

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

artist known as “Army,” Organized Crime—Oklahoma City, 1940; 12 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, ink on paper; Courtesy of University of Central Oklahoma Galleries and Collections.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Going Places

Utah Humanities Council

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Thaynes Headframe

Crossing the Border

Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

December 28, 2011

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils

In Cahoots

401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum

Going Places

Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.

Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.

Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Crossing the Border

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

National Constitution Center

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Go Figure!

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PCHS Band, 1950

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

The Way We Worked

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Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.

On a guided hike with Hal

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Highline spur during the winter

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.

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